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Previous|12|Next Lot #126 Autograph Letter Signed from a trader about providing goods to Columbia River Miners in 1864 Heading(Oregon)AuthorCooper, A.B.HeadlineALs from a trader providing goods to miners 1864Date PublishedJanuary 25, 1864 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #127 Application for a patent from the US Patent Office for an "Improved Governor; or Self-Acting Break for Horse Power &c." Heading(Patent Application)AuthorAllen, Samuel S.Headlinepatent application for a break device 1858Date PublishedNovember 10-13, 1858 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #128 Small archive of material relating to Linus Pauling, including several signed letters, photographs, books, etc. HeadingzzfAuthorPauling, LinusHeadlineLinus Pauling signed books, photos, &cDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #129 Four letters from the 1830s with postal markings Heading(Philatelic)Author**HeadlineFour letters from the 1830s with postal markingsDate Published1830s View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #133 Archive of letters and other material relating to David Dixon Porter and his family AuthorPorter, David D. and Mouina G. PorterHeadlinearchive of David Dixon PorterDate Published1860s-1880s View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #136 Archive of letters, photographs and other material relating to Bayard T. Putnam, his family & heirs, including his patented Chart-Holder and Course Indicator AuthorPutnam, Bayard T.HeadlineArchive relating to Bayard T. PutnamDate Publishedc.1875-1935 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #138 Three letters from Franklin D. Roosevelt, written before he was President AuthorRoosevelt, Franklin D.Headline3 TLs from FDR before he was President to a DRDate Published1928-1929 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #139 Two Rothschild Banking letters Heading(Rothschild Bank)Author**HeadlineTwo Rothschild Banking letters 1842-50Date Published1842 and 1850 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #140 Autograph Letter Signed regarding the death of San Francisco Forty-Niner Gabriel B. Post Heading(San Francisco)AuthorJones, William H.HeadlineALs regarding death of Gabriel B. Post 1861Date PublishedFeby 7, 1861 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #141 Typed letter, signed from Editor of Sunset Magazine - with copy of the Sunset Magazine's New San Francisco Emergency Edition, 1906 Heading(San Francisco Earthquake)AuthorAiken, Charles S.HeadlineTLs Sunset Mag Ed 1906 SF Earthquake editionDate PublishedMay and June, 1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #142 Large archive of letters, documents, photographs, and other material relating to the life and family of Alfred Schnurmann, a German Jew who managed to emigrate from Germany in 1940, with much correspondence from family members in Palestine and the new state of Israel as well Headingzzc(Schnurmann Family Archive)Author**HeadlineArchive of German Jewish family 1880-2010Date Publishedc.1880-2010 View details StatusUnsold Lot #143 Two Autograph Letters, signed, and a Typed Letter, signed AuthorSinclair, UptonHeadlineSmall collection of letters from Upton SinclairDate Published1955 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #144 Alabama slave bill of sale Heading(Slavery)AuthorBush, MarshallHeadlineAlabama slave bill of saleDate PublishedAugust 5, 1844 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #145 Autograph Letter, signed, and, Typed Letter, signed from the author to a friend AuthorSmith, F. HopkinsonHeadlineTwo letters, signed, from F. Hopkinson SmithDate Published1893-94 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #146 Survey of land in South Carolina for James Cantey, 1784 Heading(South Carolina)AuthorMitchell, EphraimHeadlineSurvey of land in South Carolina 1784Date PublishedDecember 9th, 1784 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #147 Autograph letter, signed AuthorSparks, JaredHeadlineAutograph letter, signed by Jared Sparks 1845Date PublishedFeb. 21, 1845 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #149 An Abstract of all the Acts of Parliament Relating to the Stamp Dutys - manuscript book, bound in full morocco Heading(Stamp Tax)AuthorSchutz, JohnHeadlineAbstract of all the Acts of Parliament Stamp DutyDate Published[c.1715] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #150 Typed Letter, signed, to photographer Editta Sherman AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineJohn Steinbeck Typed Letter SignedDate PublishedJan 11, 1963 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #158 Statement & Time Table of the Black Valley Railroad - manuscript document signed By Order of Beelzebub President Heading(Temperance)Author**HeadlineMS statement of Black Valley RailroadDate Published[c.1860] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #160 Address portion of envelope, signed by Drury Lane actor Robert William Elliston Heading(Theater)AuthorElliston, R[obert] W[illiam] (1774-1831)Headlinesgn by 18th cent. actor RW EllistonDate Published[c.1800] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #161 Two autograph letters, signed from famed American scholar George Ticknor, fearing British social revolution and American "hatreds" AuthorTicknor, GeorgeHeadline2 ALs from Geo Ticknor about US 1867Date PublishedOctober 15, 1867 and Jan. 20, 1868 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #162 1728 Tobacco tax law document, signed by Karl VI, Holy Roman Emperor Heading(Tobacco Tax, 1728)AuthorKarl VI (1711-1740)Headline1728 Tobacco tax law signed by Emperor Karl VIDate Published1728 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #163 Signature, framed with portrait AuthorToscanini, ArturoHeadlineArturo Toscanini signatureDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #164 Autograph Letter Signed from Mark Twain's future San Francisco friend and landlord Heading(Twain, Mark)AuthorLeland, A. LewisHeadlineALs from Mark Twain's future SF friend/landlordDate PublishedApril 5, 1849 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #165 Ledgers and letter copybook from the W.P. Fuller Company and its predecessors, the Whittier-Fuller Co. and Cameron, Whittier & Co., etc. Heading(W.P. Fuller & Co.)Author**HeadlineW.P. Fuller & Co. ledgers and copy bookDate Published1860s-1910s View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #167 Two autograph, letters signed - plus one post card from Thornton Wilder to Oscar MacPherson AuthorWilder, ThorntonHeadline3 autograph items from Thornton Wilder 1930sDate Published1925-1939 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #168 Clipped signature AuthorWilson, WoodrowHeadlineWoodrow Wilson autographDate Published1911 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #169 Autograph Letter Signed from a Vassar graduate about women students and politics Heading(Women's History)AuthorAcer, K.A.HeadlineALs from a recent graduate of Vassar, politicsDate PublishedNov. 17, 1884 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #170 Autograph Letter Signed from a Vassar student about women students "voting" Republican Heading(Women's History)AuthorCowles, M.F.HeadlineALs from Vassar student in 1868 about electionDate PublishedNov 2, 1868 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #171 Early Feminist musical manuscript, lampooning male chauvinism Heading(Women's History)Author**Headlinefeminist musical manuscript c1840Date Published[c.1840] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #172 Autograph Letter Signed from Pennsylvania State Senator commenting on an a bill that was struck down regarding married women's rights Heading(Women's History)AuthorWilliamson, W.HeadlineALs from Penn Senator about women's rightsDate PublishedJuly 15, 1847 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #173 Archive relating to Claude Edward Duncan, an aviator with the U.S. Signal Corps in World War I, who rose to general and saw service in World War II and the Korean War Heading(World War I Aviator Archive)Author**HeadlineWorld War I Aviator ArchiveDate Published1917-1971 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #174 Ninth United States Army Operations… Heading(World War II)Author**HeadlineSecret records of World War IIDate Published1945 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next